WO2004104074A1 - Procede d'ionisation de surface de materiaux hautement moleculaires - Google Patents

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WO2004104074A1
WO2004104074A1 PCT/KR2003/001659 KR0301659W WO2004104074A1 WO 2004104074 A1 WO2004104074 A1 WO 2004104074A1 KR 0301659 W KR0301659 W KR 0301659W WO 2004104074 A1 WO2004104074 A1 WO 2004104074A1
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Eulmun Kim
Deoggu Lim
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    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
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  • the present invention pertains to a method of ionizing surfaces of polymer-molded goods. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of ionizing surfaces of polymer-molded goods, in which gas cations are irradiated to the polymer-molded goods to improve a surface hardness of the polymer-molded goods, to prevent the surfaces of the polymer-molded goods from being electrically charged, and to intercept electromagnetic waves passing through the polymer-molded goods. Therefore, users are shielded from various harmful electromagnetic waves and microwaves radiated from inner electronic circuit devices of electric and electronic products including cases made of the polymer-molded goods, and injurious static electricity occurring at nonconductors constituting the electric and electronic products.
  • polymer- molded goods are coated with a conductive coating substance, or mixed with an additive or a filler to form a case applied to a portable electronic terminal, such as a mobile phone, PDA (personal digital assistants), and a notebook computer.
  • a portable electronic terminal such as a mobile phone, PDA (personal digital assistants), and a notebook computer.
  • the conductive coating substance coated on inner and outer surfaces of the case made of a polymer material functions to intercept harmful electromagnetic waves radiated through electronic circuit devices of the portable electronic terminal and to provide electric conductivity to the case of the portable electronic terminal.
  • the mobile phones are coated with a conductive paint containing silver powder at inner and outer surfaces thereof in a thickness of 0.1 mm or less so as to intercept the electromagnetic waves radiated from electronic parts constituting the mobile phones or to prevent static electricity from occurring at nonconductor parts of the mobile phones.
  • silver powder, carbon particles, carbon fibers, or metal materials acting as the additive are mixed with a polymer resin in order to provide conductivity to the polymer resin.
  • the polymer resin containing the filler such as carbon particles and carbon fibers has not a desired intrinsic resistance value of 10 ⁇ /cm 2 or lower.
  • metal powder such as the silver powder
  • films are formed on surfaces of products made of the polymer resin. Accordingly, the products are made with a poor appearance.
  • the silver powder acting as the filler is usually added into the polymer resin in an amount of 60 % or higher, use of the silver powder as the filler is not preferable in terms of weights, qualities, and production costs of the end products.
  • the conductive coating of the polymer resin using the silver powder or carbon physically, chemically affect the products made of the polymer resin to weaken the durability of the products.
  • the surfaces of the products are easily discolored, scratched, and abraded, leading to reduced life spans for the products .
  • the interception of the electromagnetic waves and the prevention of the electric charge are important factors in producing LCD and CRT.
  • a predetermined level of interception index (for example, 20 % interception index) must be secured so as to desirably intercept the electromagnetic waves and to stably operate inner circuit parts.
  • it is difficult to reduce the production costs of the polymer formed goods coated with the conductive coating substance because the conductive coating substance added into the polymer formed goods is high- priced and a reuse index of the polymer formed goods coated with the conductive coating substance is relatively low, and makers must catd the flak from users because the electromagnetic waves radiated from the end products are undesirably intercepted and the electric charge of the end products is insufficiently prevented.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a method of ionizing surfaces of polymer-molded goods, onto which optimum surface electric conductivity is uniformly provided, thereby the ionized polymer-molded goods are practically applied to a desired electronic telecommunication device to effectively intercept electromagnetic waves radiated from the electronic telecommunication device such as a portable electronic terminal and to enable an inner circuit of the electronic telecommunication device to be stably operated.
  • It is another object of the present invention is to provide a method of ionizing surfaces of polymer-molded goods, in which the polymer-molded goods are largely improved in terms of surface hardness, and the surfaces of the polymer-molded goods are finely deformed to minimize surface discoloration, defects, and abrasion of end products without a separate coating process, thereby preventing the surfaces of the polymer-molded goods from being electrically charged and intercepting electromagnetic waves radiated through the surfaces of the polymer-molded goods .
  • a method of ionizing surfaces of polymer-molded goods to intercept electromagnetic waves passing therethrough including a first step of maintaining a main chamber and first and second pre-chambers located before and after the main chamber, which constitute a vacuum unit, under reduced pressure of 10 5 torr using a vacuum pump, a second step of holding objective products, to be irradiated by ions, by a spring holder positioned on a carrier of an inlet chamber, and transferring the objective products held in the spring holder through a preheating chamber and the first pre-chamber into the main chamber, a third step of generating plasma by heating of a filament or arc generation of an ionization gun while controlling an ion beam current of electric power supplied to an ion generating gun in the main chamber to a predetermined level, adding helium gas, nitrogen gas, or argon gas into the plasma to yield gas cations, and irradiating the gas cations to the objective products, and a fourth step of
  • FIG. 1 is a graph showing electric properties of a product of which a surface is ionized according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a graph showing surface hardness as a function of an ion irradiation depth for the product of which the surface is ionized according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a graph showing a production amount of the ionized product in conformity to an ion irradiation time when the product is ionized while an ion beam current is properly controlled.
  • An ionization system provided with a vacuum unit, a carrier, and an ion generating gun is used to ionize surfaces of polymer-molded goods to increase surface hardness of the polymer-molded goods, to prevent the polymer-molded goods from being electrically charged, and to intercept electromagnetic waves radiated through the polymer-molded goods .
  • the vacuum unit has a series of chamber line composed of a plurality of chambers, which consists of a carrier inlet chamber, a preheating chamber for removing moisture, an auxiliary pre-chamber, a main chamber for irradiating ions to an objective body, a pre-chamber, and an outlet chamber sequentially disposed. In this regard, the movement of the polymer-molded goods between the chambers is conducted by the carrier.
  • the vacuum unit further includes PLC- control based pumps, auto valves, sensors, and gates in addition to the chambers.
  • the main chamber, and the pre-chambers located before and after the main chamber are constantly maintained under reduced pressure of 10 5 torr to prevent the workability of the surface ionization of the polymer-molded goods from being reduced due to a pressure difference between the chambers .
  • the carrier is provided with a spring holder used to buff, fix, move, and revolve the polymer-molded goods, and an exterior motor. At this time, the movement of the carrier is properly controlled in an ion irradiation direction by an electric field and a magnetic field, and ions are uniformly irradiated to the entire polymer-molded goods by the spring holder and exterior motor, thereby the polymer-molded goods are stably moved between the chambers .
  • the ion generating gun installed in the main chamber of the vacuum unit, when a plasma is formed by arc or a filament heated by a supplied electric power with an ion beam current of 0 to 100 mA, an atmospheric gas such as helium, nitrogen, or argon is added into the plasma to generate gas cations, and the resulting gas cations are irradiated in a predetermined density for a predetermined time to portable electronic terminal formed by injection- molding a polymer material in the main chamber, thereby a surface of the portable electronic terminal is ionized.
  • an atmospheric gas such as helium, nitrogen, or argon
  • the main chamber, and the pre-chambers located before and after the main chamber constituting the vacuum unit are maintained under reduced pressure of 10 5 torr using the vacuum pump in the first step.
  • objective body to be irradiated by ions, for example the portable electronic terminal, is held by the spring holder positioned on the carrier of the inlet chamber, and then transferred through the preheating chamber and pre-chamber to the main chamber.
  • the ion beam current of the electric power supplied to the ion generating gun in the main chamber is properly controlled to heat the filament or to generate the arc to generate the plasma in the third step.
  • Helium, nitrogen, or argon gas is then added into the plasma to yield gas cations .
  • the resulting cations are irradiated to the polymer-molded goods.
  • an ion irradiation time and an ion density depend on heat tolerance of the polymer material, and surface hardness and electric conductivity of end products, and the cations are uniformly irradiated to the entire polymer-molded goods by the motor of the carrier.
  • the polymer-molded goods ionized in the main chamber are then moved by the carrier to the pre-chamber, and discharged through the outlet chamber, thereby accomplishing the ionization of the surfaces of the polymer-molded goods in the fourth step.
  • Required surface electric conductivities of a portable electronic terminal were 10 4 to 10 5 ⁇ /cm 2 , and 10 8 to 10 10 ⁇ /cm 2 for inner and outer surfaces of the portable electronic terminal, respectively.
  • surface electric conductivity of the portable electronic terminal was 10 6 to 10 12 ⁇ /cm 2 according to an irradiation time of the ions, and the results were shown in FIG. 1.
  • a defective proportion of the ionized portable electronic terminal is largely reduced, the ionization of the portable electronic terminal is automatically conducted with a low manpower without a danger, and productivity is improved. Therefore, hundreds of thousands portable electronic terminals per unit month are ionized using one unit ionization system according to the present invention.
  • ABS, PP, MPPO, MPES, MPSU, and ULTEM were used as a raw material of the polymer-molded goods.
  • ABS or PP with the heat tolerance of 50 to 60 ° C was used to effectively ionize the polymer-molded goods at an ion beam current of 20 mA or lower.
  • MPPO with the heat tolerance of 130°C was most useful to ionize the polymer-molded goods, and when the ion beam current was 100 mA or lower, UPES, MPS ⁇ , and ULTEM with the heat tolerance of 150 ° C or higher were useful to ionize the polymer-molded goods.
  • the present invention provides a method of ionizing surfaces of polymer-molded goods, in which desired surface resistance is uniformly distributed on the surfaces of the polymer-molded goods. Therefore, electromagnetic waves radiated from electronic communication devices, such as portable electronic terminal, including the polymer-molded goods ionized at the surfaces thereof are effectively intercepted and the occurrence of static electricity on the surfaces of the electronic communication devices is prevented (that is to say, the surfaces of the electronic communication devices are shielded from being electrically charged) , thereby inner circuits of the electronic communication devices are stably operated.
  • a preferable interception index is 20 %, and is obtained when a surface electric conductivity of the portable electronic terminal is 10 4 to 10 5 ⁇ /cm 2 .
  • the present invention is advantageous in that the polymer-molded goods are largely improved in terms of surface hardness, and the surfaces of the polymer-molded goods are finely deformed to minimize surface discoloration, defects, and abrasion of end products without a separate coating process .
  • the present invention provides a method of ionizing the surfaces of the polymer-molded goods so as to prevent the surfaces of various displays including CRT from being electrically charged and to intercept electromagnetic waves radiated through the surfaces of the displays, in which a resistance value against surface electric conductivity of each display is uniformly distributed on the entire surface of the display to protect a user' s eyesight .
  • the polymer-molded goods have desired physical properties without a separate additive or filler, thereby reuse of the ionized polymer-molded goods is increased and pollution and a waste of resources are prevented.
  • helium gas is used as an ion source without using carbon, ceramics, and the like acting as a filler when a vessel to transport IC packages and LCDs is produced so as to ensure an optimum transport effect.
  • costs of transport of the vessel are reduced because it is light, and uniform surface electric conductivity of 10 8 to 10 9 ⁇ /cm 2 is easily ensured.
  • production costs and raw material costs are reduced, a defective proportion is minimized, and reuse of the used polymer-molded goods is desirably increased, thereby excellent economic efficiency is secured.

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L'invention concerne un procédé d'ionisation des surfaces d'articles polymériques moulés, permettant d'intercepter les ondes électromagnétiques passant à travers et empêchant les articles polymériques moulés d'être électriquement chargés. Ce procédé consiste à maintenir une chambre principale, ainsi que des préchambres situées avant et après la chambre principale, sous une pression de 105 torr à l'aide d'une pompe à vide, à retenir les produits cibles à l'aide d'un support à ressort sur un dispositif de support d'une chambre d'entrée, à transférer les produits cibles par une chambre de préchauffage et la première préchambre dans la chambre principale, à générer du plasma par chauffage d'un filament ou par génération d'un arc d'un pistolet d'ionisation tout en réglant le courant d'alimentation électrique d'un faisceau ionique d'un pistolet de génération d'ions, à ajouter de l'hélium, de l'argon ou de l'azote dans le plasma afin d'obtenir des cations gazeux, à irradier les cations gazeux sur les produits cibles, puis à décharger les produits ionisés obtenus par la chambre secondaire et une chambre de sortie.
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US10/522,369 US20060042745A1 (en) 2003-05-09 2003-08-18 Ionization method of surface of high molecular materials
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